Faucet for draining jardinieres, &amp;c.



No. 630,|44. Patented Aug. l, |899. H. WATERER. FAUCET FUR DHAINING JARDINIRES. 81.0. (Application meu my 2, 169e.) (No Model.)

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IIOSEA IVATERER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FAUCET FOR DRAINING JARDINIRES, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,144, dated August 1, 1899.

Application iledMay 2,1898. Serial No. 679,465. (No model.)

ceptacles for plants, and has for its object a convenient and compact means of emptying water from such vessels without lifting or moving the vessel and preventing risk of being accidentally opened and the avoidance of unsightly projecting tubes at any other times than during the act of emptying.

To this end this invention consists in an improved form of faucet and a combined detachable key and discharge-tube specially adapted to the bottom of such vessels,whereby the removal of the tube and key leaves no unsightly projection or accessible means of opening the faucet.

The construction, application to use, and operation of this invention are hereinafter fully described, and shown in the following drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a vertical section of the lower portion of a jardinire with a faucet embodying this invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 shows an enlarged section of the one form of faucet. Fig. 3 shows another form thereof in section. Fig. 4 shows in perspective a detached view of the combined keyand discharge-tube used in conjunction with the form of faucet shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5 shows in like View the combined key and tube used in conjunction with the form of faucet shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 shows a detached view of a removable part of the tube and key for engaging the faucet-plu g, so as to facilitate the grinding of the tube to the outlet of the faucet; and Fig. 7 is a front View of the outlet of the faucet, showing the means for preventing the removal of the key and tube when the faucet is open.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the chamber of the jardinire, having sides 2, a

bottom 3, with an opening 6 therein, through which 'it is drained, and a base-rim 4. Near the opening 6 is an opening 7 in the rim 4, a faucet 8, having a screw-threaded inlet-tube 9, and shoulder 9, which is fitted in the opening 6, with a gasket 11, of soft material, such as india-rubber, between the shoulder 9 and the under side of the bottom 3 and held in position by a nut 12, so that the upper end of the tube 9 projects slightly into the chamber 1 above the bottom The waterway 13 in the body of the faucet 8 leads downwardly to the conical socket 14 of the faucet 8, in which fits the plug 14. The waterenters the waterway 13 of the plug from the waterway 13' through a side opening or port 14" in the plug 14. The water way or channel 13 of the faucet S is made centrally through the larger end of the plug 14.

In'the faucet shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the head 15 of the plug 14 is made conical on the outer surface, and upon it is Iitted iiuidtight, by grinding, a socket 1G, forming the end of a bent tube 17. Notches 1S, cut in the larger end of the socket 1G, engage pins 19, inserted in the head 15 of the plug 14, causing the plug 14A to turn with the socket 16 and tube 17. The axis of the faucet S, and the socket 16, and the tube 17 is inclined downwardly, so that the water empties completely from the waterway when the faucet is closed.

In the faucet shown in Fig. 3 the head 15 of the plug 14 has a conical cavity 15 in it, into which iits the conical end 16 of the tube 17. On the tube 17 is fitted a collar 19, having pins 19 inserted therein, which engage in notches 2O in the head 15 of the plug 14. Pins 20', inserted in the collar 19 and the tube 17, secure the collar 19 in position upon the tube 17. lVhen the pins 20 and collar 19 are removed from the tube 17 the conical end 16 is easily rotated in the cavity 15', so as to grind them into a fluid-tight-iittin g condition but when the collar 19 and pins 20' are fastened on the tube 17 the turning of the tube 17`turns the plug 14.

Acap 21, (shown in front View in Fig. 7 and in section in Fig. 3,) having an inwardly-projecting rim or flange 22, is secured to the body 8 of the faucet and incloses the head 15 of the plug 14. The rim 22 fits closely, but without friction, around the collar 19. Notchcs IOO 211 in the rim 22 admit the pins 19 into the cap 21 behind the rim 22 and into the notches 2O in the head of the plug 15. The notches 21' and 2O register with each other only when the faucet is closed, so that the tubular key can only be introduced and removed when the faucet is in closed position; but when the key is inserted the pins 19 may turn the plug Within the cap 21, so that the port let" registers with the Waterway 13', and the water is discharged through the cavity 13 in the plug 14 and tube 17. The axes of the plug 14 and the tube 17 are inclined downwardly, so that liquid vtherein empties by gravitation. As soon as the tube 17 is detached any liquid in the tube is free to .flow outwardly.

By means of this construction of faucet jardinires can be emptied of water without deranging their position with the least risk of wetting or soiling carpets or other surrounding objects in finely-furnished, apartments, and the opportunities for mischievous or ignorant meddling are reduced to a minimum.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl 1. A faucet and combined key and discharge-tube for jardinires, and like vessels consisting of a faucet-body havinga vertical inlet-tube and nut and shoulder, adapted to l be attached to earthenware vessels, a conical body and plug fitted therein, having a downwardly-inclined aXis and outlet, a detachable discharge-tube fitted to said outlet, in coni bination with projections upon said tube arranged to turn said plug and to conduct fluid from said faucet, as set forth.

2. A faucet for jardinires, having a vertical outlet-pipe, means of securing the same to an earthen or like vessel, a conical plugbody and notched plug, containing an outlet-passage with a downwardly-inclined axis, a detachable key and tube having a conical end fitted liquid-tight in said plug in combination with 'a detachable collar, having projections arranged to engage in said notched plug, and a surrounding cap attached to the faucet-body, having notches arranged to register with the notches in the plug to prevent retraction of the key, while the faucet is open as set forth.

3. In a key. of a faucet for draining jardinires, a detachable key having a removable collar provided with projections adapted to engage in corresponding'notches in the plug of the faucet, and projections adapted to register with notches in a cap on the faucet, only when the faucet is closed, and when the collar is removed adapted to permit rotation on the plug of the faucet for grinding, as and for the purpose set forth.

I-IOSEA WATERER.

lVitnesses:

C. R. MORGAN, S. LLOYD WIEGAND. 

